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As Bolsonaro incinerates the Amazon, urgent action is needed for climate justice
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 September 2019 00:54
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1890 ... September 10, 2019
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As Bolsonaro incinerates the Amazon, urgent action is needed for climate justice
Mary Galvin and Patrick Bond
Did South Africa need another high-profile reminder of climate chaos, after the Cape Town drought in 2015 to 2018; the two cyclones in March to April that ravaged Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe and killed more than 1,000 of our neighbours; and Easter Monday’s "Durban Rain Bomb," which dropped 170mm that day, leaving 71 people dead?
Unless we take action, extreme weather will be amplified further, by an extreme inferno. More than 72,000 fires are now raging across the Amazon, the world’s biggest and most biodiverse rainforest, which is 55-million years old. The lives of indigenous people who depend on the forest have received limited attention, with the world’s focus mainly on climate change. The Amazon is a carbon sink that stores carbon dioxide, and destroying the forest releases massive amounts into the atmosphere.
Amazon deforestation had declined 70 per cent between 2004 and 2012, thanks to the Brazilian Workers’ Party government’s clamp down on abusive plantations,...
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Huge election news (for the Internet)
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- Published on Monday, 09 September 2019 14:08
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Paov,
THIS IS HUGE: The Liberal Party just joined the New Democrats and the Greens in pledging to lower wireless and home Internet bills ahead of next month's federal election.1
That means three out of Canada's four major national parties have signed on to one of the key planks of our pro-Internet campaign platform!2
This is proof that our pro-Internet campaign strategy is working....
BREAKING: Our endorsements for the federal election
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- Published on Wednesday, 18 November 2020 13:22
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CoDevelopment Canada 2019 Annual General Meeting Announcement
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- Published on Monday, 09 September 2019 08:40
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Attacked
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- Published on Monday, 09 September 2019 06:34
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The recent attacks on our website made one thing clear: we’ve made some powerful, determined enemies.
Our suspicion is that far-right groups are responsible -- and we also suspect this won’t be the last time we hear from them.
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Justice for Pearl Continental Hotel Karachi workers and their union - tell the government of Pakistan to respect the ILO and freedom of association!
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- Published on Monday, 09 September 2019 04:40
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Pantene
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- Published on Sunday, 08 September 2019 03:14
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Things are heating up! Over 110,000 SumOfUs members like you just exposed Procter & Gamble’s partnership with abusive palm oil producer FGV -- and now even U.S. Customs is investigating.
Now’s our moment to force Procter & Gamble to permanently cut ties with the palm oil villain, for trafficking and exploiting palm oil workers for the sake of cheap Pantene shampoo and Gillette shaving cream.
Join thousands of people demanding that Procter & Gamble stops buying forced-labor palm oil!
Thanks for all that you do,
Rebecca and the team at SumOfUs
Here's our original email:
This just in: U.S. Customs is investigating our complaint against Procter & Gamble’s palm oil business partner.
Now’s our chance to finally push Procter & Gamble to sever ties with the forced labor plantations.
Demand...
The United Auto Workers and the Big Three Automakers: A Tale of Corruption
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- Published on Sunday, 08 September 2019 01:12
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1889 ... September 8, 2019
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The United Auto Workers and the Big Three Automakers: A Tale of Corruption
Thomas Adams
What follows is a somewhat complex tale of what happens when a labor union, structured to be unaccountable to the rank-and-file membership, embraces a system of labor-management cooperation rather than a class-conscious understanding that workers and their employers are adversaries with fundamentally opposed goals and desires. Unfortunately, what is true of the United Auto Workers (UAW) is true for many US labor unions. That the UAW, an iconic union, born of heroic class struggle, could sink into corruption, with a bloated and dictatorial bureaucracy, only shows in microcosm what ails much of organized labor in the United States. And just how difficult it will be to rebuild a labor movement worthy of the name.
"Ideals get tarnished quickly under the corrosion of material prosperity." — Walter Reuther
The UAW and the Big Three automakers, General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, have established a series of joint programs (described below), serving a variety of interests, all purportedly aimed at benefiting union members....
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Defending the human right to water
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- Published on Wednesday, 18 November 2020 13:22
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Attacked
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- Published on Saturday, 07 September 2019 05:22
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SumOfUs is a target now because together we’ve upset a lot of powerful people.
Right now only 1.12% of SumOfUs members are chipping in each month -- that’s not enough to upgrade our security system for the long term. Can you start a monthly donation?
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Thank goodness -- the attacks on our website have...
Tsilhqotin win in court!
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- Published on Saturday, 07 September 2019 05:18
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SEA Events September 6
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- Published on Friday, 06 September 2019 15:40
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The internet is on the ballot
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- Published on Friday, 06 September 2019 04:12
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Paov,
In less than two months, Canada will go to the polls.
I'm not exaggerating when I say that the future of our Internet hangs in the balance.
In October, we'll decide whether Parliament will continue to allow the Big Three to monopolize the Internet. If law enforcement will be...
R&F.ca Weekly Update
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- Published on Friday, 06 September 2019 02:02
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Facial recognition cameras in Canada
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- Published on Thursday, 05 September 2019 08:18
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Hi Paov, hugely controversial facial recognition technology is spreading like wildfire in Canada. And right now, there are no laws to govern how it’s used.
Facial recognition technology works by scanning images or surveillance video of your face, and using computer algorithms to match it to images in a database.
It’s already being used by law enforcement in some cities in Canada, as well as a chain of popular shopping malls, who use it to monitor the...
Serengeti of the north
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- Published on Thursday, 05 September 2019 07:04
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Indigenous Nations are the last stand vs. TMX
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- Published on Wednesday, 04 September 2019 19:34
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CoDevelopment Canada 2019 Annual General Meeting Announcement
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- Published on Wednesday, 04 September 2019 14:16
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Are your local candidates pro-Internet?
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- Published on Wednesday, 04 September 2019 07:40
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Paov,
The next federal election is just weeks away, and this is our best chance to shape the next government’s vision for pro-Internet policies.
From updating the laws that shape our Internet, to facing global threats to encryption, the next government is going to shape policies that will affect the Internet and our digital rights for years to come.
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- Published on Wednesday, 04 September 2019 07:02
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